VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-8110
Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.7EPSS 82.5%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 2 February 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 82.47% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 12 January 2026 · due 2 February 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gogs/gogs
- Source
- 9947ef80-c5d5-474a-bbab-97341a59000e
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8110
References
- http://wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-gogs-cve-2025-8110-rce-exploitExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/3Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/4Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/17/4Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/2Mailing List
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6Patch
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8078Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8110Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.